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Laura J. McGill is an American aerospace engineer and the current director of the Sandia National Laboratories (SNL). She has previously served in capacity as chief technology officer and deputy director for nuclear deterrence, where her work includes "nuclear weapons modernization" and working to "assure the reliability of the existing stockpile".[1] She is a former president of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).[2]
Education and career
[edit]McGill majored in aeronautical and astronautical engineering at the University of Washington, graduating in 1983. She received a master's degree in aerospace systems from for-profit West Coast University in 1992.[3]
McGill worked for Raytheon as chief engineer for air warfare systems, vice president of engineering for Raytheon Missile Systems, and deputy vice president of engineering for Raytheon Missiles & Defense. At Raytheon, she became a Raytheon Principal Fellow in 2010.[1] She moved to Sandia in 2021,[3] and served as AIAA president from 2022 to 2024.[1]
On May 1, 2025, she became director of Sandia National Laboratories.[4][5]
Recognition
[edit]McGill was named as a Fellow of the AIAA in 2007.[6] She was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2019, "for technical leadership of missile systems for the United States and its allies".[7]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Laura McGill", Leadership, Sandia National Laboratories, retrieved 2025-02-08
- ↑ Laura J. McGill, AIAA Immediate Past President; Deputy Laboratories Director, and Chief Technology Officer, Nuclear Deterrence, Sandia National Laboratories, AIAA, retrieved 2025-02-08
- 1 2 "Candidate biographical information", Aerospace America, AIAA, January 2021, retrieved 2025-02-08
- ↑ Garcia, Justin (4 March 2025), "Laura McGill named new director of Sandia Labs", Albuquerque Journal
- ↑ Hall, Heather, "Sandia Labs taps national security veteran Laura J. McGill as next director", R&D World
- ↑ AIAA Fellows (PDF), AIAA, retrieved 2025-02-08
- ↑ "Ms. Laura J. McGill", Member profiles, National Academy of Engineering, retrieved 2025-02-08
- Living people
- Nuclear weapons scientists and engineers
- American aerospace engineers
- American women engineers
- Women aerospace engineers
- University of Washington College of Engineering alumni
- Fellows of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering
- Raytheon Company people
- Sandia National Laboratories people